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The Republican journal., 1887-08-18
DINOKCES IN MAINE.

rotation.
After New England is completed the corps
of experts employed will be transferred to to
other States. The statistics cover a period of
20 years past and embrace the number of
marriages, number of divorces, what the COM
plaint was for and by which party made, and
children remaining after divorce was grant
ell. Mr.. Kimball was Il native of York coun-
ty, and a graduate of Bowdoin College, class
of 1862.
LETTING THEIR ELE CTRIC LIGHTS SHINE.
The Thomson Houston Electric Light Co., of
IloultOn, started up their lights Monday night,
August 1, and with few exceptions the lights
gave good satisfaction. The few that did net
work well have been replaced with others, and
no doubt all will work to the satisfaction of
customers. Nearly two-thirds of the dynamos'
light capacity have already been taken by the
merchants, and if the demand continues anotll-
er dynamo will have to be ordered.
committee from the Bath city government
with Il number of citizens, went to Bidlcfor,l
and Old Orchard recently, to acquant
themselves with the workings of the electric
that facts will be learned that will dispose of
the arguments used by those opposed to the
introduction of the electric lights in Bath.
Mayor Wakefield accompanied the party.
The Selectmen of Pennington have granted
the Pennington Electric Light Company per-
lnIssloh u erect anu MAINTAIN pOicS anu wires
in the streets. The company has bought Husc's
spool factory with the engine and boiler and
contracted for dynamos, etc, for plant of 300
lights, arc and incandescent, Edison system.
Work will be ut once pushed rapidly forward.
STATE FAIR FACTS.
Numerous improvements will be made ut the
State Fair grounds this year. Permission was
given to the w. G. +. U. to erect a building for
a restaurant. The Maine Farmer is to erect Il
neat building near the main entrance for head
quarters.
Secretary Dennison will rebuild his exhibi-
ton building that was crushed by snow last
winter, in the same style as before, and will
make Il special exhibit.
The trustees say that it will not cost forty
dollars to put everything in apple-pie order for
the great exhibition. An amendment was made
to the rules in regard to drawing, Oh page 12
where IN reads:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
THE HARVEST FESTIVAL.
Bishop Gilbert Delivers the Ser
mon at CT Patar,S NfisS;or,

Bishop Gilbert Delivers the Ser
mon at ST. Peters Mission.
The annual harvest home service was
held yesterday at st. Peters chapel, on
Dayton'S bluff. The hall in which the
services were held was lastly decorated
with flowers and autumn leaves. At
the rear end of the room was pyramid
of vegetable products, including nearly
all varieties of vegetables now in the
market. Bishop NJ. n. Gilbert, assisted
church, administered the communion.
The thanksgiving sermon was
a delivered ssia by BiS Ms9 ioy fiRsrt
that made the Jewish people as nation
celebrate the harvest season, and they
returned thanks with feeling of de
pendence upon Him VINO had been so
good them. The Jewish religion was
full of jOyouSneSS for His bountiful
blessings. When the angels in the
night sang anthems over Bethlehem,
then went forth the very principle of
iOyousness in the Christian faith. Every
tree seems to be full of happiness; every
bird sings songs of happiness. This is
home festival. We learn from
nature to live a life of trust.
God did not give his peo-
pie all of their accomplishments
as mere farce, but to teach them to
live life of trust and dependence upon
Him. He would have them lean more
upon Him. Everybody can learn a
lesson from the harvest home festival.
We should knit into our lives more
threads of happiness. Tie and bind
them fast around the Masters hand,
which he is reaching out to you.''
The sermon was followed by the sacra-
ment, administered by Bishop Gilbert
and Rev. Wright.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
DOLLAR OF OUR DADDIEs.
Its History From the Beginning in
1885 Until Now.

The Financier gives the history of
the American dollar as follows:
Our word dollar dates back to 17S5.
when resolution was passed by con-
greSS which provided that it should be
theunit of money of the United States.
Another resolution was passed in 1875,
Aug. 5, providing that it should weigh
1854 grains of pure silver. The mint
was established in 1892, and then re-
quired to coin silver dollars containing
71.25 grains of pure silver. This was
due to the influence of Alexander Ham,
iltOn. No dollars were coined until
1894, and then irregular. They are
worth now 500 each. In 1874 the com
age irregular dollars began. Our coin
was an adaptation of the Spanish
milled dollar, a coin very popular wher-
ever the Spaniards travelled. The coin
was called s'piastre," meaning a fat
piece of metal; it is synonymous with
iardS took the German ''thaler" and
called it by the name of ''piaster." The
word dollar is entered in Baiiey'S Eng
lish dictionary of 1745, and was used re-
peatedly by Shakespeare at the begin
ming of the seventeenth century. espec-
tally in Macbeth ii: 2, 81: ''Till she dis
burSed $4,000 to our general
USE" (See also the Tempest, ii: 1, 17.)
The question where Shakespeare found
the word dollar is answered by the fact
that the Hanseatic towns maintained a
great establishment called the Steel
Yard in London. The Steel Yard
merchants were mostly North Ger
mans, who would call the German
thaIer as it was spelt ''dah-ler." The
same merchants originated the word
sterling, an abbreviation of the word
"esterling." AS the Hanscatic trade
was particularly brisk on the Baltic and
in Russia, the standard coins Of the
Hanse merchants were called esterlingS,
and sterling came to mean something
genuine and desirable. The word dol
lar iscthe English for thaler, the first of
which was coined about 1885, and CORE
spends quite closely to our present
American silver dollars. The word
thaler means coming from dale or
valley" the first dollar having been
coined in Bohemian valley called
FoacnimSthal. 1t was under Charles
", the Emperor of. Germany, King of
Spain and Lord of Spanish America
that the German thaler became the coiu
of the world.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
PERSONALS.

j. Grievson, of Nottingham, Eng, has
apartments at the Ryan.
Frank E. Stanton, of New Orleans, where
he is a leading business man, has apartments
at the Ryan.
H. Tillman, Of San Francisco, the we'll
known mining operator, is at the Merchants
for a few days.
Hon. F. W. Rhinelander, one of the lead
ing attorneys of the New York bar, is at the
Ryan and will remain in st. Paul for several
days.
James 81. Ross, of Glasgow, Scotland, who
is prominently identified with the leading
shipping companies in transporting emf
grants to this country, is at the Merchants
temporarily, and it is understood that his
mission is to make arrangements for sending
number of new settlers into California.
A S. Luria, prominent attorney of New
York, who is in the city for brief sojourn,
says that the scene on Third street during
the past week only needed a few masked
characters to make it worthy rival of the
most famous European carnivals. Nothing
that was attempted in the way of illumina-
ton during the recent jubilee at London ap-
preached the display made by st. Paul during
Fair week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19

an act direct violation. of Gods law,
but worse still, there is no excuse for it.
So we must conclude in such cases that
that Catholic has no desire to save his
soul. But there are other things we
should do on Sundays besides hearing
mass. We should hear an instruction
and should attend that mass at which
instruction is given, so that some one
may suggest holy things to our minds.
And you should not be satisfied with
doing that. Why not at home have a
How many of us there are who do not
have at home spiritual books. What
reading alas do we have on Sunday?
The newspapers, with their s0-called
mental pabulum. Now, / do not say
that all temporal reading is bad, nor do
| object to people posting themselves ON
the news of the day, but do say this,
that the Catholic who will take up the
bundle of nonsense. such as is provided
by the daily press on Sundays, and
spend an hour over it is doing
NOTHING FOR HIS SOUL.
The whole tendency of it is to fill our
minds with Stiffness and to awaken the
worst passions. l object, God knows,
not to little rational reading, but give
a little time to good b0OkS-bOOkS con-
ooiiiiho SioSLidt Iltoti uCtIOii-d iiu tiiCu3
if time permits, do not be satisfied with
simply going to mass. Go also to YES
pers in the evening. The church leaves
many things to our own sweet choice.
There are many who visit the church to
see if the sermon will contain anything
startling. They read their books in
listless sort of way, without thinking
what they are doing. But mechani-
cal observance of the mass will not do.
We should examine our souls so that at
the conclusion of the service we will
know that we have brought ourselves
nearer to God. We are, indeed, Gods
children, and our great end is to love
him, serve him, and be happy with him
in the world to come. One thing is only
necessary, and that is that we save our
souls, for ''what doth it profit a man if
he gain the whole world and lose his
immortal soul?'' We should be so filled
with religion during Sunday that we
can go back to our daily avoeations on
Monday feeling that for time at least
we have been raised above the low plane
of the things of this world. This is our
great aim, that we may all attain eternal
rest in heaven.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
The Jewish New Year.

ROsh HoShannah, the Jewish New
Year, began at sunset last evening and
appropriate services were held in the
various Syuagogues in cOmmemOratiOn
of this event. Among the Reformed
congregations only only one New Years
Day is celebrated, but with the Ortho-
dOX Jews two days are required in
which to celebrate this feast. There
was large congregation present at the
Mount Zion synagogue, corner OF Tenth
and Cedar streets, last evening and the
singing by the quartette that constitutes
the choir was very enjoyable. Rabbi
Freuder preached an eloquent sermon
on the duties of Jews, and concluded by
eXhorting those present to make the
coming year one long to be remembered
III their annals.
A pleasing custom among the Jews on
these occasions was carried into prac-
tice, all in attendance at the synagogue
taking turns In wishing each other
happy New Year and many returns of
the day, and heads of families Saluted
their wives and children in the most
public manner and wished them id
creased prosperity, health and happi-
ness for the future.
Next to New Years day among the
Jews in point of Importance is the day
of AtOnement or Yum Kippur, which
begins a week from next Tuesday
evening and is considered the fast day
of the children of the Israel.
Appropriate services will be held in
the synagogue and for the next week or
two the Jews will be very busily en-
gagged with their religious duties.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
GLOBULES.

The Summit Chautauqua circle will hold
its first meeting of the year in the lecture
room of the First NJ. E. church this evening
at o'clock.
The police want information of q dapple-
grey horse with heavy name, six years old
and weighing 1,200 pounds, which was re-
Gently stolen.
The United States Civil Service commits
sion, Washington, d. c., after due censulta-
ton with DIR. Day, postmaster, has selected
and desinated Patrick NJ. Moroney, of the
free delivery department Of the postoffice, to
be member of the board of civil service
examinations at ST. Paul.
The afternoon service at the rooms of the
Temperance union yesterday was conducted
by the ladies of the w. G. T. o., Mrs. G.
Brinkerhoff presiding. After the usual song
service under the leadership of III. W.
Springer. the Scripture lesson was read and
prayer was offered by Mrs. Perry. Then fol-
lowed interesting remarks by Mrs Kennedy
and MIR. Harrison, of Ohio, and Rev. Mr..
Snow,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19

the good things which the misery
couple had been obliged to leave behind
them in their journey to better world,
particularly the diamonds, a magnif-
cent collection of which the late Mrs.
c. had been known to possess. But,
hunt as they would, nothing could they
find.
In their search young Mrs. c.. how
ever, discovered in a lumber room an
old trunk, which, ON being opened, was
found to be full of old stays, dirty old
curl papers and quantity of old hair
combingS. So exceedingly nasty was
it all that she Immediately ordered the
contents to be turned out into the court
Yard and burned, and even herself
superintendent the work of destruc-
ton, occasionally aiding it by flick
ing in stray pieces with the point
of her parasOl. In so doing, how
eyer, she noticed one of the curl
papers slowly through the action of the
heat, hncurl itself, and to her horror
discovered that it was a ESQ note.
About $1,000 were saved, but 1t was eSti-
mated that nearly. 100000 have been
destroyed.
and a diligent search was instituted for
these In the meantime, Mrs. C, Jr.,
to remove from her husbands gaze the
unpleasant heap of cinders that con-
stantly reminded him of his loss, had
called to her aid the local dustman, who
had carted them off without delay. At
length an old woman in the neighboring
work house was discovered who had
formerly lived with the late Mr.. and
Mrs. c., and on inquiring Of her as
to the diamonds, she Immediately said !:
sob, certainly, Mrs. c. had some
beautiful diamonds; but much good
they were to her, for she sewed them
all up in her old stays"
Over 100000 is said to have been thus
burnt and thrown away.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19

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morrow and Wednesday. j. S. Nc
Cullough, of the Omaha, who is chair
man of the local committee on enter
tainment, has programme laid out for
the visitors that, with good weather,
will give the visitors a pleasant time.
On Tuesday night the party will
take in the play at the
Grand opera house, and on Wednesday
afternoon by special trains over the MAN.
itoba and Minneapolis 81 st. Louis will
go to Lake Minnetonka. A triparound
the lake on the steamer Belle, which
has been offered by Commodore thinner
man. will be had, and afterwards the
Minneapolis Exposition will be visited.
On Wednesday night the party will
leave for Duluth and other lake points.
The business sessions will be held at
the Ryan. Aside from the routine work
of national gathering, one of the most
important topics to be considered will
be the adoption OF uniform system OF
coupon tickets, to be used on all roads
i'm the country
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
PRIGS IN PARLIAMENT.
The Style of Young Men who
Badger the Irish Members.


Correspondence New York Times
The badger-baiting instincts of the
young English gentlemen have full
play here. Night after night some
dozen of these aristocratic billiards come
in after dinner, and take their places on
the front bench nearest to the Irish op-
posite. They are mostly in evening
dress, with roses in their button-holeS,
and an inSOlent, vinouS grin on their
faces. The moment any Irish member
gets up to speak these gentry begin to
laugh or jeer or say: '.Divide! divide!
dividee' in unison, as rapidly as they
can. They vary this from time to time
by saying audibly among themselves:
''What cad!" who's his tailor, won
der?" and things of that sort. There is
in all this only the natural expression
these cubs by generations of rat-killing,
dog-fghting, foX-hunting, badger-bait-
ing ancestors. These young fellows
know nothing beyond the noble range
of what they call sport.
If any one of this doZen-types of TO-
000-were asked suddenly who Katkoff
or Jules Ferry was, he would look at
you in surprise. He knows the names
and records or pacing horses; he knows
the masters of the hunts, the best erick-
eterS, the owners of the crack yachts.
He does not know what century Chaucer
lived in, but he knows that you may
shoot grouse after the 18th of August.
He is in parliament because it is the
right sort of thing to do, but of the
merits or dement's of the measure dis
cussed he knows and cares nothing. He
is annoyed at the government keeping
the session going through the summer,
while he might be having sport in the
country. He revenges himself by bad
gering the Irishmen on the seats oppO-
site. Ii he cannot put his terriers into
the rat-pit he can insult ParnelliteS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
WHEN CLEVELAND COMES.
A Meeting To-Day to Make Prep
aration for the Entertainment.

IA hccGIHS IO-Ddy 10 Make frop-
aratiOn for the Entertainment.
President Cleveland has not yet for
warded formal acceptance of the st.
Paul and Minneapolis joint committees
invitation to extend is-Western trip to
the Twin Cities, but the committee on
invitation thinks there is no reason to
doubt that he intends to come Hon.
P. III. Kelly said yesterday that the
president would send no eommunica-
ton whatever if the programme which
has already been announced is to be
carried out, but that he=wouId probably
notify the committee if there was to be
any change in the programme. The
chamber of commerce. council commit
tee and New York association will con-
fer this morning in regard to raising
funds for the reception in st. Paul. The
illumination stands will remain in posi-
ton, and the streets will be again
Illuminated on the presidents arrival.
1t is also proposed to increase the beau
tiful effect by extending cross-areh at
more frequent intervals along Third
street. The Nominations will probably
be turned on during the meeting of the
Association of Travelling Passenger
Agents, which meets in st. Paul this
week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
Low Rates tocChicago.

For the Chicago Exposition, by the
"Royal Route" Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis q Omaha railway. Tickets
will be sold to Chicago and return GU
the following dates at S15.6O, which in
cludes one admission to to the EXPOSE
ton:
Sept. 20 and 81, good to return Sept.
%; Sept. 81 and %, good to return Oct.
3; Oct. 4 and 5, good to return Oct. 10;
Oct. IL and IL, good to return Oct. II;
Oct. Is and 10, good to return Oct. "a.
Great International military encamp-
ment in Chicago Oct. 1 to 20. For this
occasion the rate will be 1855, which
includes an admission to encampment
grounds. Tickets will be on sale at
Union depot and 159 East Third street,
st. Paul, and at Union depot and No.
13 NieolIet House block, Minneapolis.
Cut this out,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
WHY SHE POSTPONED DYING.
An Actress Causes a Funny Man
to BE Elected from the Theafer.

"Speaking of how the cunning dog
can derange dramatic performance"
said Manager Bob Fulford to a party of
friends whom he was entertaining at
the Westminster hotel one evening, says
the Detroit Free Press, reminds me
that once in Carson City Augusta OAR
gon was playing Camille. She got along
to the last act all right, but in the most
absorbing moment of that most sympa-
thetic act the cunning dog of the audi
enee made a jocular remark that set the
audience in roar and broke up every
body in the piece save Dargon herself.
She deliberately arose from her Ca
Miles death bed, strobe majestieally
down to the fOotlights and in voice of
memorable purpose, said:
Ladies and gentlemen, swear to
you that will not die until that man is
put out of the theater.'
1.-THE fellow caught, as it were, the
spirit of Dargon's remarks, and re-
treated just in time to escape being
thrown out: Then Dargon went back
to her couch and died."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
"Grandfather's Clock" is Dead.

London ST. James Gazette, July %.
The author of 'sGrandfather's Clock"
died in the beginning of the week in
University hospital. The song is better
known than the writer of it, E. G. Ber-
trand, who tried again and again, but
never afterwards caught the public
taste. He was an actor, a theatrical
manager and dramatist, one of his
melotlramas, which were of the Surrey
side kind, being popular in the prov
inces. Why s'Grandfather's Clock"
should have become such favorite in
the streets will remain mystery.
There is always "Grandfatherss
Clock' for the butcher boy, with which
to beguile his time as he goes his
rounds. 1t was the success of this song
on the barrel-orgail that made some per
sons seriously contemplate spreading
poisoned maearoni on their doorsteps
for Italian musicians. As has generally
been the case wish these music hall
ditties, it was the publishers who made
little fortune out of the chance sue
cess of ''Grandfather's Clock" not the
author.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
Low Rate Excursions.

On Sept. 90 the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway will sell round trip
harvest excursion tickets, good to re-
turn for thirty days, at one fare for the
round trip. On Sept % there will be an
auction sale Of 500 town lots at the -four
ishing town of Roscoe, OAK. and to all
purchasers to the value of 500 or more
the railway fare, not to exceed $40, will
be refunded.
For further particulars apply to the
ticket agents of the company in st. Paul
Or Minnaano1ic
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
GET SOLID WITH THESE.

The General Passenger and
Ticket Agents to Come to ST.
Paul To-Day.
About 800 general passenger and ticket
agents, with their families, are expected
to arrive in st. Paul tonight at g or 10
o'clock. They come from all over the
United States to attend the National as
ISOLATION meeting at the Hotel Ryan to-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
A SMALL ENTERTAINMENT.
w. G. Bloomhardt Arrested for
Taking $40.

Officer Call last night arrested w. G.
BloOmhardt on a charge of embezzling
S45 from Emil Zimmerman's drug store
at 31S Jackson street. Bloomhardt was
a clerk in the employ of Zimmerman
until Friday last, when the above sum
of money was missed from the drawer
and he was discharged. Bloomhardt
boarded for sometime at the Merchants
hotel. From there he went to the Sher-
man house, where he boarded for two
weeks under pretense of wanting to
purchase the hotel, spending cOnsidera-
BILE time in taking an inventory of the
furniture, and finally concluded that he
did not want to buy at the price offered.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
ANoLD MIsER's cURLPAPERs
They Are $50 Notes, and Over
100000 of Them We're Des-

Misers of both sexes are constantly
dying, leaving their boards behind them
In all sorts OF queer corners just to ag-
gravate their heirs, but just picture the
dismay of woman who plays the lead
ing role in dramasef fortune hunting,
which London Vanity Fair asserts is
positive fact, although so, remarkably
like fiction. In Nottingham there lived
an old couple, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. They
close.
Lately they both died and the heirs
hurried down to Nottingham to hunt up